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Bowl Projections: Some Shuffling of Participants in Two BCS Contests

Nov 22, 2010 – 4:15 PM
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Brett McMurphy

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In this week's bowl projections, I'm still calling Oregon vs. TCU for the BCS title game, Wisconsin vs. Stanford in the Rose Bowl and Auburn vs. Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl.

However, my projections for the remaining two BCS bowls have changed since last week.

Nebraska suddenly looks vulnerable in the Big 12, so I've replaced Oklahoma State as the projected Big 12 entrant and Fiesta Bowl participant against Pittsburgh, which has a precarious one-game lead in the Big East race.

I'm predicting an Alabama victory over Auburn on Friday, but I still think Auburn wins the SEC title and plays in the Sugar Bowl. The Tigers would face Ohio State, which will have a share of the Big Ten title and will be selected as an at-large team.

With Alabama's victory over Auburn, I think the Crimson Tide lands a spot as a BCS at-large team in the Orange Bowl opposite ACC champion Virginia Tech.

Here are FanHouse's bowl projections for this week.

The fine print:
In the case of the BCS bowls, those bowls could lose their tie-in teams to the title game. When that occurs, that bowl chooses any BCS-eligible team to replace the team it lost, but is not required to select one from the same conference as its tie-in.

Also some conferences may not be able to fill all of their bowl tie-ins, that's why some bowls have teams projected from different conferences.

*designates teams that have already accepted bowl invitation

Projections through games of Nov. 20. Updated Nov. 22.


Brett McMurphy is a national college football writer for FanHouse. Contact him at brettmcmurphy@gmail.com or please follow at Twitter.com/BrettmcmurphY

2010-2011 College Football Bowl Schedule
Game Date Site Matchup Projection
New Mexico Dec. 18
2PM
Albuquerque, N.M. WAC vs. MWC Fresno State vs. Toledo
uDrove Humanitarian Dec. 18
5:30PM
Boise, Idaho WAC vs. MAC Nevada vs. Temple
R+L Carriers New Orleans Dec. 19
9PM
New Orleans C-USA vs. Sun Belt Fla. International vs. Southern Miss
Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg Dec. 21
8PM
St. Petersburg, Fla. C-USA vs. Big East. East Carolina vs. Louisville
MAACO Las Vegas Dec. 22
8PM
Las Vegas MWC vs. Pac-10 Utah vs. Louisiana Monroe
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Dec. 23
8PM
San Diego MWC vs. Navy San Diego State vs. Navy*
Sheraton Hawaii Dec. 24
8PM
Honolulu WAC vs. C-USA Hawaii* vs. UTEP
Little Caesars Pizza Dec. 26
8:30PM
Detroit MAC vs. Big Ten Northern Illinois vs. Army
AdvoCare V100 Independence
Dec. 27
5PM
Shreveport, La. ACC vs. MWC Georgia Tech vs. BYU
Champs Sports
Dec. 28
6:30PM
Orlando, Fla. ACC vs. Big East N.C. State vs. West Virginia
Insight Dec. 28
10PM
Tempe, Ariz. Big 12 vs. Big Ten Texas A&M vs. Michigan
Military Dec. 29
2:30PM
Washington D.C. ACC vs. C-USA Maryland vs. Tulsa
Texas Dec. 29
6PM
Houston Big Ten vs. Big 12 Illinois vs. Baylor
Valero Alamo Dec. 29
9:15PM
San Antonio, Texas Big 12 vs. Pac-10 Nebraska vs. Arizona
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Dec. 30
Noon
Dallas MWC vs. C-USA Air Force vs. SMU
New Era Pinstripe Dec. 30
3:20PM
New York Big 12 vs. Big East Kansas State vs. UConn
Franklin American Mortgage Music City
Dec. 30
6:40PM
Nashville, Tenn. ACC vs.SEC North Carolina vs. Tennessee
Bridgepoint Education Holiday Dec. 30
10PM
San Diego Pac-10 vs. Big 12 California vs. Missouri
Meineke Car Care Dec. 31
Noon
Charlotte, N.C. Big East vs. ACC Syracuse vs. Clemson
Hyundai Sun Dec. 31
2PM
El Paso, Texas ACC vs. Pac-10 Miami vs. Notre Dame
AutoZone Liberty Dec. 31
3:30PM
Memphis, Tenn. C-USA vs. SEC UCF vs. Georgia
Chick-fil-A Dec. 31
7:30PM
Atlanta ACC vs. SEC Florida State vs. Mississippi State
TicketCity Jan. 1
Noon
Dallas Big Ten vs. Big 12 Northwestern vs. Texas Tech
Capital One Jan. 1
1PM
Orlando, Fla. Big Ten vs. SEC Michigan State vs. Arkansas
Outback Jan. 1
1PM
Tampa, Fla. Big Ten vs. SEC Iowa vs. South Carolina
Gator Jan. 1
1:30PM
Jacksonville, Fla. Big Ten vs. SEC Penn State vs. Floirda
Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO Jan. 1
5PM
Pasadena, Calif. BCS (Big Ten) vs. BCS (Pac-10) Wisconsin vs. Stanford
Tostitos Fiesta Jan. 1
8:30PM
Glendale, Ariz. BCS (Big 12) vs. BCS (at-large) Oklahoma State vs. Pittsburgh
Discover Orange Jan. 3
8:30PM
Miami Gardens, Fla. BCS (ACC) vs. BCS (at-large) Virginia Tech vs. Alabama
Allstate Sugar Jan. 4
8:30PM
New Orleans BCS (SEC) vs. BCS (at-large) Auburn vs. Ohio State
GoDaddy.com Jan. 6
8PM
Mobile, Ala. MAC vs. Sun Belt Ohio vs. Troy
AT&T Cotton Jan. 7
8PM
Dallas Big 12 vs. SEC Oklahoma vs. LSU
BBVA Compass Jan. 8
Noon
Birmingham, Ala. Big East vs. SEC South Florida vs. Kentucky
Kraft Fight Hunger Jan. 9
9PM
San Francisco Pac-10 vs. WAC Boston College vs. Boise State
Tostitos BCS National Championship Jan. 10
8:30PM
Glendale, Ariz. BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2 Oregon vs. TCU
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